lǎo yé zi

Traditional: 老爺子

老爷子 (lǎo yé zi) is a Chinese word meaning “my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male”.

Meanings

  1. 1my (your etc) old father
  2. 2polite appellation for an elderly male

Characters in 老爷子

老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity爷yé · grandpa子zǐ · son

Related words

孩子child老prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity儿子son房子house妻子wife and children妻子wife案子long table; counter样子appearance小子(literary) youngster小子(coll.) boy老兄elder brother (often used self-referentially)子son

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